Box and pad for canceling-stamps



(Modem 7 L A. FIFE BOX AND PAD FOR GANGELING STAMPS.

No. 322,534. Patanted July 21, 1885.

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NrTsD STATES JOEL A.-FIFE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOX AND PAD FOR CANCELlNG-STAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,534, dated July 21,1885.

Application filed February 21, 1884.

Illinois, and a citizen of the United States,

haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Box and Pad forCanceling-Stamps, of which the following is a full description,

- reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l isa plan view with the cover removed; Fig. 2, a plan View of the cover;Fig. 3, a plan view of the box with the pad removed; Fig. 4., an underview of the felt section of the pad; Fig. 5. a cross-section of the box;Fig. 6, a cross-section of the complete pad; and Fig. 7, a cross-sectionof the complete device,showing portions of a table to which it isapplied.

The object of this invention is to provide an inking-pad forpost-marking, canceling, and other stamps which will hold a considerablequantity of ink, and to place such pads in a box so constructed that ina rapid handling of the stamp it will not be injured by striking on oragainst the containing box; and its nature consists in the severalcombinations of parts hereinafter claimed as new.

In the drawings, A indicates the cover; 13, the box; C, the pad; a, theprojecting corners of the box; I), the depressed sides or sides and endsof the box; 0, a finger-hole in the bottom of the box for pushing outthe pad; d, the felt portion of the pad; 6, an interposed piece ofenameled cloth, leather, or other suitable material; f, the body of thepad, andgthe raised portion or border surrounding the felt to cause itto retain a quantity of ink.

The box B is usually cast, and its corners or are made to project upwardand outward, as shown, so that the box may be inserted in a suitablehole in the table without ch amfering or beveling the table tolet thebox down. The upper edges of the sides, or sides and ends, are depressedor lowered, as shown, so as to be below the surface of the table when inposition, as shown in Fig. 7. This arrangement'pre vents the operatorfrom hitting the cancelingstamp against the box, which arrangementprevents the stamp from being injured by use with this pad. 7

For the purpose of readily removing the pad I provide the bottom of thebox with ahole, a, into which the finger or some instrument may (ModeL)be inserted for the purpose of pushing the pad out.

The cover A is made in any suitable form to keep the dust out of the padand to prevent the ink from drying up when it is not in use.

The lower or under section of the pad is made of a composition of glueand glycerine or molasses, and commonly known as rollercomposition.The'upper portion or section of the padis made of thick felt of the kindor quality known as wool-felt. To the under side of this felt I attach athin piece of enameled cloth, 6, by mucilage or other adhesive material,sufficient to prevent it from curling when the composition is applied.This piece is smaller than the felt, its size in relation thereto beingabout in the proportion shown in Fig. 4, which leaves a'margin around itfor the adhesion of the composition to the felt. This piece e may be ofleather or other suitable material, which will resist or partiallyresist absorption of the composition. This piece e serves two importantpurposes, as it prevents the felt from absorbing the composition,s0 asto displace a part of the ink and preventing any absorption of thecomposition, which cools less rapidly in the middle. It thereby preventsthe pad from warping or the surface thereof from becoming hollow. Thispiece 0 keeps the surface of the pad smooth and level, and permits thecasting or molding of the composition directly to the pad when it ishot, without in any manner disturbing the evenness of the padsurface.

It will be seenfronl Figs. 1 and 4 that the felt has a smaller area thanthe composition, so that when the felt, with its protector e, is placedin a proper mold for casting the pad a beveled border, 9, will be castaround and adhere to the felt at the edges. By this arrangement the padcan bemade to hold a considerable quantity of 'ink in the felt withoutthe liability of its flowing off or of being driven off in use; and bymaking the raised border g around the felt the pad will retain the inkin a box having low sides.

This pad is designed to be used in connection with a post office markingand canceling stamp; but I do not limit myself to its use with thisclass of stamps.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An inking-pad consisting of a roller-coniposition, an ink'absorbentsurface, and a non absorbent layer next to the composition between itand the ink-absorbent surface, sub- 5 stantially as described.

2. An inking-pad consisting of a roller-composition, an ink-absorbentsurface, and a nonabsorbent layer interposed between the composition andabsorbent surface and of asmaller 10 area than said parts to permit themto adhere together, substantially as described.

3. In a box and pad for canceling-stamps, the combination of the boxhaving horizontal corner projections, depressed orlowered sides, and abottomfplate with the roller-compost I 5 tion filling, the non-absorbentlayer, and the ink -absorbent surface, substantially as described.

JOEL A. FIFE.

Witnesses:

O. W. BOND, ALBERT H. ADAMS.

